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The Somali Region of Ethiopia: A Struggle Against Corruption and Decline

Medium Technology Section

The Somali Region of Ethiopia, once a land of hope and potential, is now at a crossroads. Since 2018, when Mustafe Muhumed Omer assumed leadership, expectations were high for a brighter future.

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Ethiopia's largest bank hit by glitch that allows customers to withdraw over $40 million

TechSpot

According to local media, CBE didn't initially notice the technical issue that allowed customers to withdraw more money than they had in their accounts. By the time the bank realized what was going on and froze transactions a few hours later, more than 2.4 billion Ethiopian birr (around $40 million). Read Entire Article

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Oxfam Novib and Goodwell target East African startups with €20M Pepea fund

TechCrunch

Impact investor Goodwell Investments and Oxfam Novib , a Dutch foundation and Oxfam International affiliate, have set up Pepea, a €20 million ($21.7m) fund, to provide financing to early-stage startups in Kenya, Uganda, and Ethiopia.

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Good News! Starbucks Signed an Agreement with Ethiopia

Have Fun - Do Good

Oxfam announced yesterday that Starbucks signed an agreement with Ethiopian farmers: "Starbucks and Ethiopia have finalized an agreement that ends their trademark dispute and brings both sides together in partnership to help Ethiopian farmers. ethiopia starbucks oxfam starbucks holdthehormones Guess what?

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Oversight Board raises alarm over Facebook’s role in Ethiopian conflict

The Verge

The Oversight Board set up by Facebook issued a decision today calling on the platform to begin an independent assessment of the platform’s role in heightening the risk of violence in Ethiopia, as part of a more specific ruling on a post that made unfounded claims about Tigrayan civilians.

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NASA launches its Lucy spacecraft to study the Jupiter Trojan asteroids

The Verge

Lucy is named for the fossilized human skeleton discovered in Ethiopia in 1974 , which provided key insights into human evolution. Scientists believe the Trojan asteroids, which orbit the Sun along the same path as Jupiter, may hold clues about the formation of our solar system.

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Measurement Wisdom for Nonprofits from Bill Gates

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Like Marion Conway, I was struck by this photo of him pointing to data handwritten on the walls = tracking immunization records from a rural health clinic in Ethiopia. A decade ago, there was no official record of a child’s birth or death in rural Ethiopia.

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